Well here's chapter 2 and thanks reject45 and MarisLily for my first ever reviews it was a very exciting experience. I would love anymore anyone has to offer. Sorry if this chapter's a bit boring the next one will get a lot more exciting.

Disclaimer: If Harry Potter belonged to me the next book would NOT be the last! So basically it doesn't.

It was nearly midnight but Lily was not tired. She had spent almost an hour thinking of the things she could do with an invisibility cloak. It didn't matter that she was a goody-two-shoes or a prefect because no one would see her. She almost laughed out loud the idea was so outrageous. She felt so daring just thinking of these ideas honestly she thought the way I'm thinking my pumpkin juice was probably spiked with firewhisky.

She was still too wired to sleep and decided to go sit in the common room and read for a while. Just in case she brought the cloak with her, she never knew what great idea might surface in her mind! She crept silently down the stairs and settled herself in the plump armchair right by the fire which was still blazing merrily. She had just opened her book when she heard voices…voices coming down the stairs. She thought she recognised one of them; it was distinctly arrogant and loud. James Potter.

She quickly threw the cloak over herself and sat there quietly waiting for them to enter.

'Look I'm sure I left it down here, I just want to check' James said loudly

'Whatever just hurry up I need to copy that essay' Sirius, who was following James, said ever louder if possible. She winced; did they want to wake the whole house?

'You know if we had the cloak we could just walk leisurely down to the transfiguration classroom and copy the notes which are probably still on the board' Sirius said clearly stating his disapproval of the new owner of the cloak.

'Since when do you want to work anyway?' Said James stating exactly what Lily was thinking right then. Sirius grinned sheepishly 'well there's this girl…'

'Oh right. That explains it then, so you're trying to impress her?'

Sirius grinned, 'yep and her favourite subject's transfiguration! It's genius, the true work of a marauder.'

'I don't see why you don't just copy of Moony; he's probably done better in it anyway'

Sirius looked at James and said 'Yes well the essays due tomorrow and well…' for some reason he jerked his head towards the window where the full moon was shining in through the glass. James nodded and silently handed Sirius a piece of parchment that looked a bit worse for wear.

'Thanks mate, you won't regret it'

They started to climb back up the stairs but Lily suddenly had a brainwave and she got up silently and followed them. What better way to find out what the other stuff in James's pockets was than to listen to their supposedly private conversations? Sirius and James reached the door to their dorm room and opened it quietly and Lily slipped in behind them. James flopped down onto his bed while Sirius started copying out the essay. Peter Pettigrew twitched nervously in his sleep on the other side of the room. Lily sighed, that boy was always twitching. James sighed loudly and Sirius looked up 'Come on Prongs, what's bothering you now?'

'It's just…nothing' James fell silent again then a few seconds later sighed loudly again. Sirius growled and said 'if you want to talk, talk otherwise shut the hell up Prongs'

There was a few seconds more of silence and Lily felt like she was going to achieve nothing plus the dorm smelt funny. Like old socks and boys. Can't they just take a shower for once she thought to herself. Then something very surprising happened something that made Lily quite alert. James had stood up and after digging an old t-shirt out of the bottom of his trunk had stripped off his school jumper and shirt. Lily couldn't help it she stared. He had such a nice chest, quite muscular not too bad really stop it Lily, this is JAMES POTTER! she mentally slapped herself for thinking about him like that.

He pulled on the old t-shirt thus unconsciously allowing Lily to start breathing again. 'Look it's nearly 12:30 how abouts we go keep Moony company?' James said and Lily started, where was Remus anyway? She hadn't noticed that his bed was empty. 'Come on mate' Sirius groaned 'what about the essay?'

James laughed, a nice soft yet contagious laugh that made his face look really...stop it Lily! 'Come on Sirius who is this girl that has captured your attention so much that you feel you must work for her!? This isn't like you, come on Moony will be all alone otherwise.'

'Yeah but thanks to you we don't have the cloak, how do you propose we get outside without it...and that map!' This was news to Lily, what map? She hadn't seen one among the countless bits of junk in James's possession.

'What's gotten into you Padfoot? We're the Marauders, we don't need that stuff to get outside!' James cried almost waking Peter.

Lily wondered for a second why they would want to go outside anyway if they were going to see Remus wherever he was. Then she had to move because Sirius and James were moving towards her, well not her, the door and she had to get out of their way. 'Okay Prongs but we're not staying for too long, I haven't slept properly in almost two days, I need my beauty sleep!' Lily almost sniggered to herself but witheld it with difficulty.

James and Sirius crept out of the dorm and Lily followed slipping though the door just before it shut. She had no idea where they were going and had no inclination to follow for the moment. She contented herself with subtly tripping James up so he skidded down a few stairs. He stared up the stairwell for a minute with a bemused expression on his face but then followed Sirius down the stairs and out of the common room.

Lily had no desire to wait and see whether they got away with sneaking around the castle at night, a sudden yawn cracked her jaw open and she crept back to her room eager to find this map that the boys had talked about.